FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 856 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
YORK COUNTY...
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
LANCASTER COUNTY...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
SOUTHEASTERN DAUPHIN COUNTY...
ADAMS COUNTY...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST...
* AT 852 AM EST A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN
THE ORRTANNA AREA ALONG MIDDLE CREEK DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF RAIN
AND SNOWMELT. THE PONDING WATER WAS AT LEAST PARTIALLY COVERING SOME
SECONDARY ROADWAYS. SIMILAR FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER OTHER PORTIONS
OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ABBOTTSTOWN...DALLASTOWN...EAST PROSPECT...FAWN GROVE...FELTON...
FRANKLINTOWN...GOLDSBORO...HANOVER...LEWISBERRY...LOGANVILLE...NEW
SALEM...PARKVILLE...RED LION...SEVEN VALLEYS...SPRY...
WEIGELSTOWN...WELLSVILLE...WINTERSTOWN...YORK...YORK HAVEN...
WAYNESBORO...AKRON...CHRISTIANA...COLUMBIA...EAST PETERSBURG...
ELIZABETHTOWN...EPHRATA...LANCASTER...LEOLA...LITITZ...MANHEIM...
MILLERSVILLE...MOUNT JOY...NEW HOLLAND...RHEEMS...WILLOW STREET...
CARLISLE...NEWBURG...SHIPPENSBURG...MIDDLETOWN...ARENDTSVILLE...
BENDERSVILLE...BIGLERVILLE...FAIRFIELD...GETTYSBURG AND YORK
SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL FLOOD QUICKLY...POSSIBLY COVERING ROADS
AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.
LAT...LON 3972 7763 4016 7760 4022 7756 4022 7658
4019 7657 4022 7650 4022 7601 4014 7589
4011 7593 3992 7600 3987 7599 3973 7610
3972 7615
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FORECASTER: DEVOIR
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